- Short answer
- Shopify documents no native minimum order value setting; the free Checkout Blocks app adds one, but Shopify's pages disagree on its plan.
- Built-in cart limit
- The add-to-cart limit sets only a maximum quantity per variant, not a minimum order value
- Where the minimum lives
- Checkout Blocks order value limits: a minimum and maximum, for all customers or only B2B companies
- Which plan
- Help Center: features beyond content blocks are Plus-only; App Store listing leaves order value limits unmarked
- Gift cards and store credit
- Limits use the subtotal before gift cards or store credit, so a buyer can pay below your minimum
- B2B quantity rules
- Quantity rules count units per variant, not the order's value
- App fallback
- MOQ Manager has a free plan; OrderLogic from $4.99/month; MinCart from $5.99/month
Is there a built-in minimum order setting on Shopify?
Shopify's add-to-cart limit is a ceiling, not a floor: the maximum quantity applies to each product's variants independently. No Shopify page we have found documents a built-in minimum order value setting — as of September 2026 this is read off its add-to-cart limit, Checkout Blocks and B2B features pages.
The documented route is the free Checkout Blocks app, which can block checkout for orders that are outside of your minimum or maximum limits. Limits use the subtotal before gift cards or store credit, so a buyer can still pay below your minimum.
Does Checkout Blocks need Shopify Plus for order limits?
Shopify's Help Center page for the app says:
Merchants on the Basic plan or higher can use the dynamic content and static content blocks, and can place them only on their Thank you and Order status pages. All other features of Checkout Blocks are available only to Shopify Plus.
Yet the App Store listing marks three features “Shopify Plus:” but not Set order value limits and address format rules, and the order value limits page names no plan. The listing’s description also groups order value limits with the Thank you and Order status page features and lists other features as what Shopify Plus merchants can extend. To try it on your plan, open Apps > Checkout Blocks > Functions, click Create function and choose Order limit validation; it saves as Inactive, so activate it before relying on it.
If you’d rather build your own validation: only stores on a Shopify Plus plan can use custom apps that contain Shopify Function APIs — see the Plus question for Functions.
What about B2B minimums, and are there apps that do this?
A limit can apply to all customers or only to B2B companies. Native B2B quantity rules differ: minimum and maximum quantity rules apply to product variants, counting units, not value — routes for a minimum across variants.
If Checkout Blocks won’t activate a limit on your plan, App Store apps also set minimums: MOQ Manager and Order Limits (free plan available), OrderLogic (from $4.99/month) and MinCart (from $5.99/month).
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